The incredible thing is the number of comments affirming that recent evolution in McDonald’s coffee brewing supposedly renders it better-tasting than the equivalent Tim Horton’s product.

I don’t have a java bean in this fight, as coffee puts me to sleep. Plus everyone knows that the best morning beverage is two gills of rum (a.k.a. grog) or, if you’ve got VIPs and other dilettantes aboard, the Buck’s Fizz.